Insights

Kane Tuohy LLP Solicitors represented Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank and its Receiver in an appeal and cross-appeal to the Court of Appeal from the High Court in Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank u.c. & Anor -v- Hade & Anor.

In a recent High Court case, Kane Tuohy LLP Solicitors represented a Plaintiff who successfully secured a mandatory interlocutory injunction for the withdrawal of a planning objection by the defendant.

In the recent Court of Appeal Judgement in Doolin v The Data Protection Commissioner (2022), the Court affirmed the decision of the High Court that the use of CCTV footage to investigate an employee in disciplinary proceedings was unlawful.

Court of Criminal Appeal upholds High Court’s refusal of Article 40 application brought by an Applicant who was committed to prison for his continued contempt of a High Court Possession Order

Hugh Kane, Partner, of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department, and David Walsh, Associate, review a recent judgment – where Kane Tuohy LLP acted for the Plaintiff companies (“the Landlord”) – which confirms the Commercial Court’s willingness to order security for costs against a Defendant in respect of a counterclaim.

Pathway Three of the Government’s Housing for All Plan addresses the issue of increasing new housing supply in Ireland. While many housing issues are complex to tackle, a simple lack of supply to meet demand is a significant part of the issues currently facing Ireland. Research has shown that the State needs an average 33,000 houses to be built every year to 2030. This Pathway is focusing on how to move from building approximately 20,000 homes per year at present to an average of 33,000 homes per annum between now and 2030. Increased supply will need to come from all quarters both in terms of significantly increased Government capital investment in social and affordable housing and from private housing supply.